Current Sociology
Sociologist of the Month
‘Sociologist of the Month’ campaigns are monthly campaigns on social media initiated in 2015 to highlight the work of different sociologists from around the world, both established and more junior, who have published with Current Sociology. During the period of their feature, their article is available as free access. This is one way among others to draw attention to the work of diverse sociologists and promote sociology more generally.
April 2021
Marie Leth Meilvang, Denmark
From rain as risk to rain as resource: Professional and organizational changes in urban rainwater management, Current Sociology, first published February 11, 2021
March 2021
Ian Carrillo, USA
The racial fix and environmental state formation, Current Sociology, first published April 10, 2020
February 2021
Suhad Daher-Nashif, Qatar
Colonial management of death: To be or not to be dead in Palestine, Current Sociology, first published August 28, 2020
January 2021
Geoffrey Mead, Australia
Proper recognition: Personhood and symbolic capital in contemporary sociology, Current Sociology, first published June 27, 2020
November 2020
Man Xu, Canada
Constructing the refugee: Comparison between newspaper coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis in Canada and the UK, Current Sociology, first published August 18, 2020
October 2020
Myrna Dawson, Canada
Identifying femicide locally and globally: Understanding the utility and accessibility of sex/gender-related motives and indicators, Current Sociology, first published August 28, 2020 (co-authored with Michelle Carrigan)
September 2020
Robbie Shilliam, USA
Redeeming the ‘ordinary working class’, Current Sociology 68(2): 223–240
August 2020
Kathia Serrano Velarde, Germany
Informal learning in formal organizations: The case of volunteer learning in the hospital, Current Sociology 68(4): 572–591
July 2020
Kyohee Kim and Peer Smets, The Netherlands
Home experiences and homemaking practices of single Syrian refugees in an innovative housing project in Amsterdam, Current Sociology, first published online June 12, 2020
June 2020
Lorenza Antonucci, UK and Simone Varriale, UK
Unequal Europe, unequal Brexit: How intra-European inequalities shape the unfolding and framing of Brexit, Current Sociology 68(1): 41–59